1 seriously injured in Franklin County plane crash

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Mt. Vernon, Texas — At approximately 8:02 a.m., Texas DPS Trooper Damon Williams responded to plane crash call in an open field near HW-37 8 miles south of Mt. Vernon.

The pilot, Bobby Kenneth Perry, 79, of Mt. Vernon, had left Mt. Vernon airport and was in route to Winnsboro when his aircraft, a Piper (a fixed-wing single engine plane – tail # N9469N) lost power. The plane struck several pine trees tearing off both of the plane’s wings. Bobby Perry was able to make an emergency landing in an open field, property of Garth Perrett. No other persons were on board.

Perry was airlifted to ETMC in Tyler with serious, incapacitating injuries.

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